Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. Synonyms:bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw."This question completely threw me" , "This question befuddled even the teacher"
... fumbling his way through the mazes of what he had heard, Amos Adams left the shop and another practical man very much after Nathan Perry's own heart came in. Daniel Sands had no cosmic problems on his mind with which to befuddle young Perry. Daniel Sands was a seedy little old man of nearly three score years and ten; his dull, fishy eyes framed in red lids looked shiftily at one as though he was forever preoccupied in casting up sums in interest. His skin ... — In the Heart of a Fool • William Allen White
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